When you visit the castle, you first
will see the sourthen curtain wall , with its base of stone and brick structure
which shows a III century Gallo-Roman construction. Built on the site of
one of the ten ancient towers, the Madelaine Tower is today the strongest
defence post of the castle .
Its walls, date from the XV century.
From the sourthern ward which is lined with pine trees, the wall-walk of
the Paradis gatehouse can be reached.This gatehouse was build in theXV
century.
The Northern ward leads to the
keep, built between the XIII and XVII centuries.It is composed of two great
towers.The Duchess Anne Tower houses an oratory where the Queen came to
pray in August 1505 during a pilgrimage in Brittany .
Some more information about the Castle.
The keep tower was built in 1630
to protect the noble men.It was rebuild three times.